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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/510/1Strathblane kirk session: Accounts
Includes some poor relief		1856-1932Request lookup
CH2/510/3Strathblane kirk session: Minutes
Minutes 1711-31
Minutes 1744-68 (with gaps)		1711-1768Request lookup
CH2/510/4Strathblane kirk session: Minutes
(With gaps)		1769-1852Request lookup
CH2/510/5Strathblane kirk session: Minutes, 1853-1906; Register of births, 1815; Proclamations, 1856-19061815-1906Request lookup
CH2/510/6Strathblane kirk session: Poors' fund minutes and accounts
Includes regular poor payments		1776-1809Request lookup
CH2/510/7Strathblane kirk session: Poors' fund minutes and accounts1809-1853Request lookup
CH2/510/8Strathblane kirk session: Communion roll1875-1883Request lookup
CH2/510/9Strathblane kirk session: Communion roll1884-1902Request lookup

Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
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  • £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Jane HOWAT or NORVAL 1864 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Elizabeth MCKECHNIE 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Agnes AITCHISON17 December 1855Mary AITCHISONFind the father
William ALLISON1 October 1858Elisabeth ALLISONFind the father
Hannah BENSON26 February 1865Jean BENSONFind the father
James BIRRELL3 November 1860Margaret BIRRELLFind the father
Charles BOYLE8 October 1858Margaret BOYLEFind the father
John BOYLE2 August 1861Margaret BOYLEFind the father
Helen BUCHANAN23 August 1868Elizabeth BUCHANANFind the father
William BUCHANAN24 January 1856Jean BUCHANANFind the father
Catherine CAIRNS13 February 1868Catherine CAIRNSFind the father
James CAMPBELL10 July 1860Margaret Ann CAMPBELLFind the father
Thomas CLARK30 March 1863Elizabeth CLARKFind the father
John Guthrie DEWAR6 January 1867Agnes DEWARFind the father
Helen DOCHERTY14 June 1855Grace DOCHERTYFind the father
Jean DUNNION1 February 1856Helen DUNNIONFind the father
Mary Ann DUNNION30 April 1861Grace DUNNIONFind the father
Agnes ELLIOT4 April 1862Sarah ELLIOTFind the father
Jane FOY5 September 1861Mary FOYFind the father
William GILCHRIST14 March 1866Agnes GILCHRISTFind the father
James GILFILLAN2 December 1863Jane GILFILLANFind the father
Carolina GRAHAM20 September 1860Mary Blair GRAHAMFather found
Jean GRAHAM25 September 1863Jean GRAHAMFind the father
Margaret GRAHAM25 December 1873Margaret GRAHAMFind the father
Mary GRAY4 July 1860Margaret GRAYFind the father
Elisabeth JOLLY5 October 1858Elizabeth JOLLYFind the father
Helen MAITLAND6 November 1871Annie MAITLANDFind the father
Agnes MCARTHUR18 October 1860Margaret MCARTHURFind the father
Thomas MCDADE19 November 1860Mary MCDADEFind the father
William MCLAREN17 December 1873Isabella MCLARENFind the father
Annie MCLUMPHA20 December 1865Annie MCLUMPHAFind the father
Ann MCMARTIN4 February 1862Ann MCMARTINFind the father
Daniel MCMILLAN9 February 1874Mary MCMILLANFind the father
Isabella Gray MCNAUGHT17 March 1872Jane MCNAUGHTFind the father
James Robertson MCNAUGHT31 July 1859Jane MCNAUGHTFind the father
Archibald MCNEIL25 January 1874Jessie MCNEILFind the father
James MCQUEEN11 October 1867Maggie MCQUEENFind the father
John MORRISON2 September 1858Margaret MORRISONFind the father
William MORRISON2 September 1858Margaret MORRISONFind the father
Ann NEILL28 March 1870Jane NEILLFind the father
Patrick NESSON29 January 1860Bridget NESSONFind the father
Martha NORVAL5 November 1871Margaret NORVALFind the father
Hugh OWENS10 April 1870Bridget OWENSFind the father
Thomas OWENS1 June 1864Mary OWENSFind the father
Elizabeth REYNOLDS28 May 1857Letitia REYNOLDSFind the father
Susan RICE19 June 1858Margaret RICEFind the father
Annie Dow Airley SHAW13 July 1863Jane SHAWFind the father
Thomas SPARK24 March 1872Isabella SPARKFind the father
Helen SQUARE8 July 1869Margaret SQUAREFind the father
Ann THOMAS11 April 1858Janet THOMASFind the father
Mary TUMELEY9 September 1866Maria TUMELEYFind the father
Jessie WALDIE25 February 1870Ann WALDIEFind the father
Mary WALKER23 December 1872Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
James WEIR3 February 1872Helen WEIRFind the father
James WEIR18 March 1873Mary WEIRFind the father
Robert WEIR2 October 1867Mary WEIRFind the father
Margaret WILSON19 April 1855Janet WILSONFind the father

Rolls of Male Heads of Families

In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/510/4 pp. 84-84)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
AlexanderAdamEdinkill
WalterAitkenAuchengillan
GeorgeAllanCarbeth
JohnArthurEdinkill
AndrewBrownMugdock
JamesBuchananMugdock
JohnBuchananMugdock
JohnBuchananNetherton
JohnCalderMilndavie
GeorgeCampbellCraigallian
GeorgeCairncrossDuntreath
MalcolmCoubroughAucheneen
MalcolmCoubroughBalleown
JohnCraigEwarlandaddress not certain
JohnCraigNetherton
JohnCrichtonNetherton
JohnDowEdinkill
JamesDunBallagan
AllanEwingCarbeth
ArchibaldFreelandelderBroadgate
RobertFreelandBroadgate
RobertFreelandMuirhouse
WilliamFreelandMugdock
HughFletcherCraigmaddie Lodge
AndrewGeorgeBalleown
AlexanderGrahamCraigbrock
ArchibaldGrahamLeddregreen
HenryGrahamEdinkill
RobertGrahamDumbrock
WilliamGrahamBalleown
JohnGrayBallagan
JamesHolmesCarbeth
JohnKeerBluerisk
AndrewKessenelderNetherton
JohnLapslieBalleown
JohnMccullochToll Bar
ArchibaldMcdonaldDumbrock
AlexanderMcgregorDumbrock
JamesMclayelderBlairquhosh
JohnMalcomBalleown
JohnMcindoeCarbeth
AndrewMcfarlaneBalleown
AndrewMcfarlaneBalleown
JohnMcfarlaneMugdock
JohnMcfarlaneEdinkill
JamesMaitlandGateside
ArchibaldMillikenEdinkill
AlexanderMcmillanEdinkill
WilliamMurrayEdinkill
JamesMasonMilndavie
JohnMasonEdinkill
ArchibaldMcfarlaneBalleown
ArchibaldNorvalArleven
JohnNorvalGateside
JohnNorvalBraehead
JamesPatersonKirkland
WilliamPenderMilndavie
GregorPenderDumbrock
JamesProvanelderAuchengillan
GeorgeRonaldCuilt
JohnRonaldCuilt
JohnScottMugdock
JamesShearerelderMugdock
RobertShearerBankend
DuncanSinclairNetherton
WilliamTaftCarbeth
ThomasWatsonMugdock
CunninghamWhyteEdinkill

Kirk Session Records Index

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